Sr. Director, Manufacturing Science and Technology

Thermo Fisher Scientific

3d•Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. How will you make an impact? The MSAT Sr Director provides scientific leadership to ensure compliance, resilience & competitiveness of Thermo Fisher's commercialized Grow, Value Optimization and Late Lifecycle portfolio. The successful candidate is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Large and Small Molecule Drug Products and directs a team of Molecular Biologists, Chemical & Process Engineers, and Scientists. This team leads strategic, tactical and operational technical projects for the commercialized product portfolio, working closely with operations, QA, QC, and various supply chain and development functions. This role builds strong partnerships with functions such as Sales, Business Marketing, Quality, Planning, Regulatory, Procurement etc. This leader has a strong scientific background and drives successful commercialization of the current and future portfolio. They ensure successful New Product Introduction by prioritizing resources. The team manages Life Cycle Management projects, such as supply chain resilience, process optimization, and innovative improvements for efficiency, competitiveness, compliance, and health authority advocacy. The Sr Director possesses a strong approach for people leadership and talent development resulting in the continuous uplift in team technical capability and project delivery excellence.

Requirements

A degree in engineering, science, or a related field – Masters or PhD preferred.
15 years of expertise in pharmaceutical processes for both conventional and enabling dosage forms, including DP characterization, stability profile understanding, and linking DP characteristics with bio-pharmaceutical performance.
A minimum of 5 years people leader experience, including technical and non-technical coaching and mentoring.
Knowledge and experience with both current and new technologies in chemical synthesis, biologics, and new modalities.
Strong experience and track record in technical transfer activities in commercial and clinical space to favor agility and fast time to market in a high VUCA environment (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous).
Proven record of translating creative and innovative approaches into problem solutions and the timely project advancement.
Applied critical thinking and vision for the future with a strong record of analyzing and interpreting complex situations to provide clear direction.
Effective communicator with experience in collaborations and interactions, building strong relationships with partners and customers, including connections to academic and industry networks.

Responsibilities

Own the site's technical continuous improvement strategy in collaboration with Site Leadership.
Encourage a team supporting projects at all stages of the product life cycle, delivering the following aspects:
Budget responsibility for team and related activities
Define and own lab experiments
Post PPQ, full ownership of all continuous process validation activities
Lead and coordinate large-scale technical projects from initiation to completion, defining scope, objectives, actions, timelines, and budget, and collaborating with cross-functional teams for successful execution.
Prioritize projects to support supply chain and the value optimization targets.
Lead strategic change management initiatives, engaging and influencing key partners at all levels of the organization. Develop and implement communication plans for successful adoption and implementation.

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